Revelation 1:5-6: "5 and from Jesus Christ the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of kings on earth.
"To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood 6 and made us a kingdom, priests to his God and Father, to him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen."
Revelation 5:11-14: "11 Then I looked, and I heard around the throne and the living creatures and the elders the voice of many angels, numbering myriads of myriads and thousands of thousands, 12 saying with a loud voice, 'Worthy is the Lamb who was slain, to receive power and wealth and wisdom and might and honor and glory and blessing!' 13 And I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and in the sea, and all that is in them, saying, 'To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be blessing and honor and glory and might forever and ever!' 14 And the four living creatures said, 'Amen!' and the elders fell down and worshiped."
Revelation 7:9-17: "9 After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands, 10 and crying out with a loud voice, 'Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!' 11 And all the angels were standing around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures, and they fell on their faces before the throne and worshiped God, 12 saying, 'Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honor and power and might be to our God forever and ever! Amen.'
"13 Then one of the elders addressed me, saying, 'Who are these, clothed in white robes, and from where have they come?' 14 I said to him, 'Sir, you know.' And he said to me, 'These are the ones coming out of the great tribulation. They have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
"15 'Therefore they are before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple; and he who sits on the throne will shelter them with his presence. 16 They shall hunger no more, neither thirst anymore; the sun shall not strike them, nor any scorching heat. 17 For the Lamb in the midst of the throne will be their shepherd, and he will guide them to springs of living water, and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.'"
1 Corinthians 5:7b: " For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed."
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The text is public domain:
Lord, enthroned in heav'nly splendor,
First-begotten from the dead,
You alone, our strong defender,
Lifting up Your people's head.
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia!
Jesus, true and living bread!
Jesus, true and living bread!
Though the lowliest form now veil You
As of old in Bethlehem,
Here as there Your angels hail You,
Branch and flow'r of Jesse's stem.
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia!
We in worship join with them;
We in worship join with them.
Paschal Lamb, Your off'ring, finished
Once for all when You were slain,
In its fullness undiminished
Shall forevermore remain,
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia!
Cleansing souls from ev'ry stain;
Cleansing souls from ev'ry stain.
Life-imparting heav'nly manna,
Stricken rock with streaming side,
Heav'n and earth with loud hosanna
Worship You, the Lamb who died,
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia!
Ris'n, ascended, glorified!
Ris'n, ascended, glorified!
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The three texts from Revelation appear throughout the hymn. The first line ("Lord, enthroned in heav'nly splendor") seems to draw from all of them, but the second line ("First-begotten from the dead") is clearly from Revelation 1:5.
The praise and glory in Revelation 5 and 7 appear in "Your angels hail You" and "We in worship join with them" in the second verse and in most of the fourth verse.
The third verse is also drawn from the Revelation texts, but the focus here is on God as the "Paschal Lamb" (Revelation 5:12; 7:10, 14, 17, and also 1 Corinthians 5:7b) and "cleansing souls" (Revelation 1:5, 7:14).
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There are numerous other allusions that are uncited. "Jesus, true and living bread!" at the end of the first verse comes from John 6:48: "'I am the bread of life.'"
"Branch and flow'r of Jesse's stem" in the second verse refers to Isaiah 11:1: "There shall come forth a shoot from the stump of Jesse, and a branch from his roots shall bear fruit."
The phrase "Once for all" in the third verse seems to come from Hebrews (9:26, 28; 10:10, 12). The "forevermore remain" in the next line seems to point specifically to Hebrews 10:14: "For by a single offering he has perfected for all time those who are being sanctified."
The lines "Life-imparting heav'nly manna, / Stricken rock with streaming side" refer to events in Exodus 16 and 17. In John 6, Jesus refers to the manna and connects it to the "bread of life" - "50 'This is the bread that comes down from heaven, so that one may eat of it and not die. 51 I am the living bread that came down from heaven....'" 1 Corinthians 10, referring to the exodus, says, "3 and all ate the same spiritual food, 4 and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank from the spiritual Rock that followed them, and the Rock was Christ."
